ALL BEER's NEW NEWS:

BUY A BEER EXPERIENCE AND SAVE THE PUB

ALL BEER this week announced its support to the campaign to Save the Great British Pub with a very special offer. Alex has agreed to donate the margin on sales of the award-winning ALL BEER EXPERIENCE and offer a big discount to purchasers to support the cause. "We're delighted to have the chance to contribute to the Save the Great British Pub, after all I started my working life in a pub, and hope to end my time enjoying a beer in one too!"

GREAT PUBS AND GREAT BEER

In support of the campaign, started by Inez Ward, Alex said "It's a great opportunity to work with Inez to support the Save the Great British Pub campaign. People around the World love British pubs and British beer. Our pubs are synonymous with great beer. I have been a barman, cellarman, manager, supplier, trainer, confident, champion for and enthusiastic customer of many hundreds of pubs."
He added "ALL BEER was created to help all those who enjoy beer and those who work with beer to discover all the fantastic diverse styles and flavours available. Pubs come in all shapes and sizes and meet many needs, but they all serve beer. Lets all do our bit help them survive and thrive at the heart of our communities. I am pleased to be able to play a small part with
ALL BEER."

Show your true support for the Great British Pub, buy the ALL BEER EXPERIENCE and you get a great set of goodies packed inside a striking presentation bag and tube [see contents; see reviews].

HOW TO SUPPORT SAVE THE GREAT BRITISH PUB CAMPAIGN:

Buy 1 and get a great deal for yourself and the campaign but buy a box of 10 and each pack raises nearly 3 times as much for the campaign. Which is easy if you know 9 people who love beer too! You may always sell on if you wish.

(1.) Click on this link to the ALL BEER Store

(2.) order a single pack:
Enter the code: savethepub at the end of Google Checkout to get an ALL BEER EXPERIENCE at £16.00.
Thats 33% off the total price (incl. P&P) and donates £1.60 to the campaign

(3.) even better, order a carton of 10 packs:
Enter the code: savethepub10 at the end of Google Checkout to get a box of 10 ALL BEER EXPERIENCE's at £15 each.
Thats 37% off the total individual price and donates a whopping £44.60 to the campaign.

Please note: The prices quoted above apply to UK mainland deliveries only. Orders from outside UK using these codes will make the same donation and save an equivalent amount in discount from to list price, however delivery costs appropriate to your country will apply.

Join the cause Save the Great British Pub at http://www.causes.com/causes/74309

Thank you for your support :-)

Posted 17th June 2010

INTERNATIONAL BEER CHALLENGE MEDALLISTS

On 26th May Alex was priveleged to be one of the 'Super-panel' judges, determining the final placings of all the beers judged worthy of a medal and the overall winner.

The category winners and ultimate International Beer Challenge winner will be announced on 8th July in a ceremony at London's Royal Society of the Arts - a fitting venue to award prizes for artistry in brewing and packaging beer!

In the meantime, you may click on the link below to download a pdf which identifies all the Bronze, Silver and Gold medallists. ALL BEER offer their congratulations all the medal winners, very well done to one and all!

International Beer Challenge Medals (pdf)

Posted 14th June 2010

GOT TO GO TO CHICAGO

No stranger to judging the best beers in Britain, ALL BEER's Alex Barlow is preparing to single out the World's best beers at the upcoming World Beer Cup. Alex, who frequently judges SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) and CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) competitions sets off to the windy city, Chicago, to put his senses, and a selection of the World's best beers, to the test.

The judges at the World's biggest beer competition are required to taste their way through a combined total of 3500 beers, within 90 categories, submitted from 60 different countries. As the saying goes: "It's going to be a tough job, but someone has to do it" says Alex. After all, those beers are not going to judge themselves.

Alex joins a crack team of 137 judges from 29 different Nations, each an expert in the field. Alex was proud to be asked as one of the select group from the UK, which also includes the Chief Executive of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling and the head brewers of the innovative Thornbridge Brewery. Lets hope he comes back with his tastebuds intact.

Posted 2nd April 2010

TASTING FOR THE POST

ALL BEER's Alex Barlow was recently featured in an interview and article for Yorkshire's premier Newspaper, the Yorkshire Post. The piece was written for the newspaper but featured online too, with a video piece of Alex leading a tasting of 6 beers, filmed at Sheffield's newest speciality beer bar, the Sheffield Tap.

Feature editor Sheena Hastings was intrigued to find out that Sheffield was home to such a font of beer knowledge. So much so that after the interview she couldn't resist coming back four times with more questions. She even managed to get two beer recomendations to accompany her favourite dish: Tiger Prawns in Ginger.

Find out what Alex recommended and watch the video at:
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/highlights/Video-Developing-a-nose-for.6186657.jp

Posted 30th March 2010

ALL BEER: THE BEST BEER BOOK IN THE WORLD!

It's official, ALL BEER GUIDE was officially recognised as the "World's Best Beer Book" by Gourmand at a prestigeous awards ceremony in Paris.

Gourmand World Cook Book awards is internationally recognised as the Oscars of the food and drink book world. Having already been awarded Best UK Beer Book the "World's Best" title was a pleasant surprise for ALL BEER's Alex and Diane Barlow, who joined the likes of Jamie Oliver and Oz Clark & James May in receiving awards for their books this year. Diane commented "It's always nice to have your work recognised" and added "it's especially pleasing that an international award managed by the French, who are known mainly for their love of wine, has recognised a book about beer."

Posted 10th March 2010